Street-cleaning machine.



Hq.'s'95,2 01. PATBNTED AUG. 4, 190s.

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l APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1968.

P. ROGOWSKI. STREET CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION YILBD FEB. 24, 1908.

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E. ROGOWSKI.

STREET CLEANING MACHINE.

APPLxc anon FILED rm 24, 190s lffan operative into an ino l JQ'Fign 5 is a to plan view o position of shaft-s :,'ma'nd journal ".Br'i

FELIX ROGOWSKI, FYCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STREET-CLEANING MACHINE.

Specicationof Letters Patent.

. Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application fried February 24, 190s. sei-iai Nv. 417.444.

To all 1w7zom'it may concern;

Be. it. known that 'I FELIX Roeowsxn a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago-,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Street-Cleaning Mib chinesof which thefollowing, when taken in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, is a full and complete description, suicient to enable those skilled in the art to which itpertains to understand, make, and use the saine.

This' invention relates to a street cleaning .machine propelled by an engine mounted thereon.

The object of this invent-ion is to obtain a street cleaning machine simple in construction, not liable to get out of order, and durable :,by means of which a street, alley or boulevard may. be swept andthe sweeping's obtained will be loaded into a garbage or lother wagonattached thereto.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a street cleaning machine ,of the character named which can move or be moved over a street, alley or boulevard with the sweeping or cleaning dleyices. thereof in an .in-

operative position. A. further object is to obtain a machine of the kind named to which an ordinary garbage wagon can be removably attached, so that in the use of the machine a number of wagons can be successively attached to .and detached from such machine.

In the draw-'hws referred to Figure 1 is a. side elevation ci? a streetcleaning machine 'embodying my inventions', such figure also showing in side elevation the `iront part of a garbage wagon attached thereto, with the tongue' of such garbage wagon removed..

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a street cleaning machine embodying this invention, ando'f the forward part of agarbage .wagon at.- tached thereto. Fig. 3 is a rear eleveton of a street cleaning machine embodying this invention, with the elevator of the device omitted therefrom. Fig. 4 is a sectional'view of a. 'shaft and an elevation of the. at-tacluncnts thereto by means of which it is raised from erative position.

earings forming elements in a device embodying this invention.

I A reference letter applied t'o designate a given part is used to indicate such part `throughout theseveral tigures of the drawmgs wherever the same. appear.

A 1s the body of a street cleaning machine;

13, B are the wheels thereof; andib the rear axle. flieels B, `B, are shown secured to the axle l and driven by the rotation of such axle.. i C is an engine mounted on body A.

D, (Fig. 3) is an ordinary differential gear used with road propelled devices.

E is an ordinary sprocket chain;

F is what is known in the'art as a transmission gear, and is mounted on the crank shaft'of the engine` C. Sprocket chain E forms the flexible connection between the transmission gear of the engine C and the dillerential gear of the device, and lis actuated by control of the transmission gear in the ordinary way.

G is a spring interposed betweenaxle bfand body A.

H is afgarbage wagon removably' attached 'to the streetcleaning machine einbodyin this invention by connecting bars h, 71, suc) bars bcinT rovidod with holes through which the be tsj 71,', 7i pass.

. i. I, I. are street sweeping brushes pro'vided I with shafts i, '2, respectively` and such shafts are rotatably mounted in journal bearings gul is a non-rotatable brush which is adjustably attached to the body A, rs by chains J ,J' and pivoted arm or connection J j" is the bolt forming the pivot of arm J". Journal bearings j,.], are respectively attached to the lower ends of the several-connectionsK, K and such arms arr` pivotally attached to 'body A by bolts k and forgings or castings k. Forgings or castings are attached to the body A by bolts or lag screws 15.. Bearings j, j are also attached rto body A by chains7:,which extend over idlers K", see Fig. 3,and to shafty U, (or hub u on such shaft) hereinafter more fully desc-ribc'd.

Journal bearings 17,!" are, respectively, in the forward ends of bent irons L, L; and such bent irons are su pport-ed at their rear ends on ward ends of the bent irons L, L, are respectively attached to the body A by chains o, o,

which extend over idlers Kf, see Fig.

3, and to the shaft U.

M is a shaft rotatably mounted in journal bearings N', N. Bearings N, are respectively attached to thc body A by arms or 'll is an ap the runway co'n. ctions 'n n,- (forming tie rods), and

- P, P'. are beveled geanwheels rigidly secured to' shaft M, to turn therewith; and Q, Qare sprocket-wheels rigidly attached 4to I such sha-HM.v

p, p' are beveled gear wheels on the ends of ,the brushes-.1, l', respectively, and are are ranged to intermesh with the beveled gear" wheels P, P'.

R is asprocket wheel looselyY mount-eden.

I' axle brand' r is; a clutch arranged to be thrown into 'and out of gear with the wheel R;t`o turn suhh wheel R with the shaft when in ngagementtherewlth.

-q'is a sprocket chain onsprocket wheels l Q and R. When clutch 1' is in eng'aoeinent 29 `wi'th`ivlieel'R the shalt M is turned rby' the construction of a machine'enibodyn engine C, by means of sprocket chaine, 'when the device is in operation; The position of the clutch r is' controlled Aby means or' bell crankr, connecting. rod z and lever-R,

(Figsxi una 2).'

S is a clutch -toj engine C and transmission gear F.

'ron and T isarunway provided with an elevator f.

30 t is sprocket wheel at the. upper endfof;

runv'ia'yT, over which the elevator t extends or runs. Elevator talso extends over the sprocket wheel Q', on shaft M, so that revo- 4 lution of such sprocket wheel Q', actuates the elevator.

the sides o runway T', and b link T" to .j bar t; and such bar t is rigid y attached to 40 frarne A. The lower pair of links t are hung at their upper ends on shaft b and atA their .lower ends are ivotall secured to the' side of Ti) b y bo ts T.

The several chains J, K', O and O are used to raise the several brushes 1,1 and into an|irioperative position; and also to raise the apron T and runwayT. Such chains are attached to the shafts U, U,or to the chain wheels u, u, which are rigidly secured to such f6() shafts; and the shafts are respectively secured to the body A by being rotatively mounted in the journal bearings provided therefor, (V, V),

U is a hand wheel-rigidly secured t0 a' '55 shaft journaled in bearings YQV', and U is a sprocket wheel rigidlyatt-ached to such shaft.

u is a flexible connection, as a srocket wheel chain, over sprocket-wheel and s rocket wheel u. S rocket wheel u is tof rigidly attached to shaft The forward end of apron T is supported by connections U',l vwhich are hun@ on the shaft M and attached to the 'apron zby bolts u". The rear end -'c-' f'such apron is attached to thesides of B Bfrunway T by bolts u; Rotation ofhand ing wheels 'of the r'nachine, an en table shaft, 1gear1 and spree shaft, a connection 'betwe The upper pair of rotatable brushes arranged in 'such brushes, gear wheels, on brushes arranged to 'intermesh gen1'A Fwheelsion the rotatable shat'so that'oneef such brushes will rotate-in one direction and' apron T andthe lower end of the runway T.

When the devieesi's to be moved to the .the hait, Aor on the chain wheels which arsrnounted on suchl street, alley or boulevard where it istojbe used for cleaning the stre'et the several brusli'es, the apron and the lower endof the runway are elevated h winding'th e c lJaJ`rirjziA around suc LS, ts,'

attached tothe shaft-s When u sed for cleaning the street the shafts on the street, and the clutch i' is thrown into gear to turn the wheel R and shaft M.; -sl/'lien' a wagbn H is filled it is detached and another wagon is attached.'4 to the device in place A thereof.

Having, 'thus described ingA invent-ien, the

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saure',- and the-operation thereof; wliat I- claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters 'Patentisff I 1 f 1. .In astreetcleann machine, combination of a wagon Iho y, wheelsindi-axles' "thereto onwliichthe body is nienizteduthe wheels on the rear axle'constitiiting thedrive 'mounts ed on the wagon' bod a connection between such enffine and the r i'ivinff'wheels to throw such connection into and. 't of operai tive relation with the driving i eiigindjin'eans to tlnowencli, c4 .and ont otr operatiyerelation I* axles .of the I machine-, our

the other in the opposite direction, an apron al runway extending backward and upward from the rear end oi'the apron, an elevator in table" los fief

the runway, suoli elevator extending over'the sprocket wheels on the rotatable shaft, shafts rotatably mounted on the wagon body,

'means to`tiir'nv the shafts, chains attached to the journal bearings of the'brushes and ofthe.

rotatable shaft and to theshafts'on the wagon body, respectively.;

2. In a street cleanin machine; the combination of a-wagoii bo y, wheels and axles theretooir-which theI body is mounted, the

wheelsv on vtheI rear axles constituting vthe driving'wheels of the machine, an engine mounted on the wagon body,. a connection between the engine Aand 'the driving wheels,. means to throw such connection into and out.

of operative relation with the driving wheels,

a rotatable shaft, journal bearings for auchv shaft, a. connectionattached to the res ectve` journal bearings and pivotally attac i'ed to;

isb-f into andv out of operative relation with the drivin@ shaft, brushes respectively provided with shafts, journal bearings for thebrush shafts, a connection attached' to the journal bearings at the forward ends of the brush shafts and attached to the wagon body, the

journal bearings of the brush shafts at the' rear ends of such brushes comprising a bar jonrnaled'at its rear end on the rotatable shaft, gear wheels on the rotatable brushes arranged to inter-mesh with the gear w heels on the rotatable shaft to rotate one of -the brushes in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, an apron, arunway from the reariof the apron, an elevator in the runway, such elevator, extending over the sproektwheels on the shaft .and means to raise the brushes from the ground; substantially as described.

In a street cleaning machine, thecombination of a wagon body, wheels and axles thereto on which the wagon body is mounted,

the rear wheels attached to the ay'le thereof to rotate therewith, a connection betweenthe engine andthe rear axle, means to throw such connection into inoperative position, a rotatable shaft, journal bearings to such shaft, a connection between each of such.

journal bearings and the wagon body, each of such connections pivotally attached to the' wagon body, and achain attached to such journal bearings, rotatable shafts mount-ed on the wagon body, such chains-attached to such shafts, means to turn the shaftson the wagon body, rotatable brushes, gear wheels on the brushes and on'the `first named rotatable shaft. arranged to intermesh and to turn the brushes in opposite directions, journal bearings to the brushes,cliains attached to such journal bearings and to the rotatable shafts on the wagon body, the bearings at the rea-r ends of the, rotatable brushes comprising a bar journaled on the iirst named rotatable shaft, an apron, an elevator runway, and an elevator in the run\\"a`v.such apron extending over the sprocket wheels on the first named shaft; substantially as described.

In a street cleaning: machine, the con1- bination of a wagon body, wheels and axles thereto on which the body is mounted, the wheels on the' rear axle constituting the dri ing wheels of the machine, an engine mounted on the wagon body, a connection between the engine and the driving wheels and means to throw such connection into andoutof operative relation with the driving wheels, a rotatable shaft, gear and sprocket wheels on such shaft, a connection between such shaft and the engine, and means to throw such connection into and out of operative relation with the shaft, rotatable. lnushes, journal bearings for such brushes, gear wheelson the rotatable brushes arranged to engage with the gear wheels on the shaft, an apron, a. runway from. the rear end of the apron, an elevator in the rhnway, such elevator extending over the. sprocket wheels on the shaft, rot-atable shafts mounted in Journal bearings on the wagon body, and chainsattached to the j ournal bearings of the brushes and of the rotatable shaft and to the `shafts on the'wagon body, respectively. means to rotate the shafts on-the wagon body, andnieans to attach a wagon to the machine; substantially as described.

5. ln a street cleanintr machine, the 'combination of a wagon body, wheels, axles on which the ,body'ismounted, the wheels on the lrear axle secured thereto to turn therewith, an engine mounted on the wagon body, a connection between the engine and the rear axle,'means to throw such connection into andout of operative relation with such en-- gine and axle, an additional shaft, gear and sprocket wheels onsuch additional shaft, a connection'between the axle and the additional shaft, means to throw such connection. into and out. of operative relationwith such axle and shaft, rotatable brushes, journal bearings for such brushes, gear wheels'on the rotatable brushes arranged to engage with the. gear wheels on the additional shaft, an apron, a runway extending from the rear end' of tbe apron upwards and backwards, an ele.`

vater in'such'rtnnvay, such elevator extending over the sprocket wheels on the additional shaft, chains attached to t-he-respec tive journal bearings, rotatable shafts mounted on the wagon bodf, a connectionbetween, the chains and the shaftsand means to rotate the shafts; substantially as described.

t3. In a street cleaning 1nachine,`tlxe combination of a wagon body, an engine provided with a clutch mounted thereon,'a rotatable shaft forming the axleof the driving wheels of the machine, driving wheels, a connection between the engine and the shaft, an additional shaft, gear and sprocket. wheels on such additional shaft, a. connection between such first named shaft and the additional shaft, means to throw stich connection into and out of operative relation with the shafts, rotatable. brushes, journal bearings for such brushes, gear wheels on the rotatable brushes arranged toengage with the gear wheels on the additional shaft, an apron, arun way extendiner from the rearaend of the apron upwards and backwards, an elevator in such runA way such elevator extending over `sprocket wheels on the additional shaft, and means to raise the brushes, the aproiuand tht` run way above. the street and to an inoperative position; substantiallv as described.

. FELIX l'OGOWSKI. In the presence of- J. S. Dlann'xsxt, Cuantas Tcaxrza Bnows.

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